How to catch the time?

Few suggestions

• Start making a count-down chart in your fridge for the birthday party, Christmas, New Year, Vacation, others. Brings up the excitement and teaches the kids to practice waiting
• Use routine charts with rewards, make chores time fun and creative
• Though we are living in the 'click of a button' age, it is ok to tell your kid to wait for a few days to buy the favorite book/series/games/toys they ask

In the classrooms, the students are assigned certain places to keep their books, files, lunch box, etc. Following a similar technique helps in keeping the kid on top of things and also being responsible.

 Few suggestions

• Keeping the remote control on the TV table
• Using docking stations to charge the gadgets
• Arranging the books, toys, others in places where they belong

The goal here is to make the child manage the tasks effectively and efficiently. During the initial, the timer could create anxiety and stress, but over the period of time, they will learn to manage the task with greater efficiency and more importantly in an effective manner. Timer helps the kids to also manage consequences better, learn the make better estimation of the task, break a larger task into small chunks and fit into their agenda, etc. This makes them manage their stress better, make them more accountable and responsible for their activities.

Few suggestions

Plan to make canvas drawing, build a lego model, others

• Set a timeline by when you should complete the activity
• Write down the materials required along with the kid
• Plan for shopping
• Schedule some time for the activity
• Draw this entire thing on a piece of paper
• This helps to understand the overall process, estimation, planning
• Don’t forget to reward on you finish it together

Planning to complete the homework, use a visual timer or hourglass

Spending a few minutes every day with the child to list down the activities helps understand the backlog. It is important to talk to them that some tasks are short, some are long, some are immediate and some can wait. Not everything can be achieved in the same day and it's important the child understands this. Certain activities may be part of the goal, make sure you draw the timeline and mark important milestones with them. Kind of intermediate reward which keeps them motivated.

Most importantly it's ok to fail to complete a task, this helps them introspect together, gives an opportunity to learn, understand what caused the shift. It will create a sense of understanding and improve the chances of them coming directly to you to discuss their tasks. 

The most famous example: Rock- Pebble - Sand

Rocks represent the truly important thing, pebbles represent things that matter and sand represents material possession.